"Angelique is the image of God in this movie and an
unusual image of God she, beginning with the fact that Angelique is a
woman. Not only is Angelique a woman, but she is a sexually attractive
woman and, as death nears, Angelique removes her hat and veil and lets
her hair down, becoming even more sexually attractive. As though this
were not enough, it is also obvious that Angelique finds Joe Gideon
sexually desirable." ("Images
of God in the Movies," by Andrew M. Greeley, Journal of
Religion and Film, 1997.)